October

 We took the girls to a family fall festival a couple weeks back.  They had fun petting the animals and later we went on a hay ride.

 See that excitement.

 Nothing as fun as jumping in a pile of leaves, maybe sliding into them is a bit more fun!

Anna wore an old costume of mine to her fall party at school, it's one my mom made me.

See me, all the way over on the left, don't you love my mismatched shoes too! For those who know my brother Andrew, he's the clown looking right at the camera with the white knit cap on, mom made that costume too!

Royle visit

We went to visit our friends last weekend that we hadn't seen in 4 years, ironically when their youngest was a brand new baby.  Now their 3rd and youngest turned 1, so we thought it about time to head that way.  It was a three hour trip, but the girls handled it relatively well.  We enjoyed visiting and seeing the kids play together like they were old friends.  I stayed up till 1am chatting with my friend Rachel.  It reminded me of times in Ecuador(we lived with the same family while we were both there) when we would sit in the kitchen and talk way too late while eating a snack.  We hope that it doesn't take another 4 years till we see them again!

 The Birthday girl

 He was picking flowers for Larry and I.

 so serious

 playing "sleep-over"

 getting his order for restaurant

 busy at play

 I made this outfit for her big sister 3 years ago!

 precious

Too bad we didn't line them up in age order, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

We have plenty to praise; friends we enjoy visiting even after 4 years apart.

Stone's Trace

 We spent the day as a family at a Pioneer Festival near Ligonier.  They had great activities for the girls to do.  We really enjoyed the day and the weather was perfect!

There was a Punch and Judy puppet show, do you think the girls liked it?

 They were able to make, with a little help, their very own corn husk doll. (for free)

 We got to visit the sheep and chickens and watch one sheep get shorn.  Elsewhere we saw spinning looms making the cleaned wool into yarn.

 Maria riding a wooden cow?, wearing her new feather hair piece(also free to make).

 They rode in a horse drawn wagon, which was only $1.

And Maria tested her corn maze skills.

We also had some yummy food including apple fritters and ice cream!  If you live within driving distance we highly recommend visiting next year.  It's held the weekend after Labor Day.

Also we are gearing up for more changes around here.  Larry starts his new job tomorrow at Symmetry Medical as a manufacturing specialist, we will find out all the details tomorrow at orientation.  We are truly blessed to get medical coverage that starts immediately, no wait.  Since our coverage from the church just ran out Aug. 31, we are extremely thankful.  I guess the part that gives me some dread is Larry will switch to 2nd shift once he is trained.  This means that essentially I will be a single mom during the week as he will go in at 3 and home after 11.  This is a blessing as we won't have to take Anna to the sitter, whom we love, but any extra $ is helpful in our tighter budget.  So, after the dust settles we will see how things all fit together, but I can't thank God enough for providing for us as He has in the past 3 months since moving.  He is truly God of our everything.

We have plenty to praise God for; a wonderful day as a family and looking ahead to how God is providing for our needs.

rainy mini golf

The girls have been filling a jar to earn a reward.  The reward they chose was going miniature golfing.  It was a bit rainy when we went, but we still had fun.

 matching ball and toenails and shoes.

 Maria's handiwork.

We have plenty to praise God for; happy girls!

school bound

 Mrs. Vester, Anna's preschool teacher on open house night.

 Anna, our little monkey, wearing her new monkey skirt.  She was excited to go.

 at the church ready to head in.

She had a good first day, talked about doing calendar, singing, having snack(our day!) and playing on the playground.
We have plenty to praise God for; our smart, funny, loving little girl who's growing up so quickly!

Winston's shower

 The girls getting some grub.

 Great Gramma Unger

 Aunt Michele

 GG

GG with the girls.